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Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by denvrede »

kuschku wrote: post #92
denvrede wrote: post #56

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I live almost exactly on the "Aldi Äquator" (Aldi equator - this is a real thing), near to where the Albrecht brothers lived. People here go purposefully to Aldi South instead of Aldi North even if they happen to live just north of the equator. The whole shopping experience is much worse.

Honestly, I prefer going to Aldi Nord. It's a cleaner, more focused shopping experience, while Aldi Süd and Lidl tends to have too much distracting fluff.

Fair enough. I "go" shopping because of all the interesting and distracting stuff. If I want a clean / focused shopping experience I order from home, even if it's a little bit more expensive.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by brnt »

LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #124
brnt wrote: post #112

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Dutch here, worked a few years in Germany. I can attest to the difference in esteem of the Aldi/Lidl in de and nl. But you already agree: German shops just look run down as a matter of course. Rewe and Edeka the least probably? However (I've lived some years in FR and PL too), nothing beats Dutch supermarkets in terms of shopping-speed. Nowhere. If you think (German) Aldi is fast, you should try a Dutch shop (prefera…

Bread?! Lidl?! Aharrharrhaarrgh. (cough, spit...)

From a Dutch perspective :) You should see what foam they consider bread. One of the things I miss from France :) Lidl has a batard that is really quite good, unsurpassed by any Dutch bread.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

bowsamic wrote: post #52

I like Aldi Süd (the one you Americans have and also the one in the UK) but here in Hamburg and also in France it is Aldi Nord and it's really quite awful (more like Netto and Penny, both of which I hate). Thankfully we also have Lidl which is closer to Aldi Süd but honestly I'm a bit soured on Discounters in general recently. I still use them for some things but often they're more expensive than my local greengrocer…

Penny and Netto are the Resterampe (Bargain Basement) of Rewe and Edeka. That aside, if you like Lidl, why not go to Kaufland, which is the Luxus-Lidl of the Schwarz-Gruppe?

Oh, and depending where in Hamburg, there is also https://www.globus.de/hamburg-lurup/index.php# which reminded me of my childhood, shortly after they've opened at the remodeled site of a former real,-, which is second only to https://www.edeka.de/eh/nord/edeka-center-st.-pauli-neuer-ka...

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by raziel2p »

rustybolt wrote: post #125

As someone from the Netherlands, I was surprised how expensive the local supermarkets in the US are (and also that they don't include taxes in the price labels). I still remember that over 10 years ago, one banana and one granola bar cost me over 10 dollar (nowadays it's probably a lot more). I almost cancelled the purchase at the checkout, but I didn't want to look like a cheapskate. The nearest K-mart would be 1.5…

That sounds insane. Are you sure you weren't being ripped off? Or this was a convenience store at a very lucrative location (i.e. tourist trap)?

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by das_keyboard »

ayocado wrote: post #129
das_keyboard wrote: post #120

How naive of me to ecpect anything else than an us-only map when this is about a german supermarket chain with most of its stores in europe...

Well I did search for any available data for Germany but nothing available easily :|

To be fair, this was more of a tongue in cheek response and not really directed at you or your project directly.

For me Aldi is just such a european thing that I was genuinely surprised by this.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by raziel2p »

oniony wrote: post #106

Do Americans find it difficult to slice their own mushrooms?

This is hardly unique to USA, the supermarkets here in the Netherlands also offer sliced mushrooms. I never buy them, but find it hard to judge if well off people want to spend an extra 90 cents to not have to spend 3 minutes cutting them.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by jimmySixDOF »

das_keyboard wrote: post #135
ayocado wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I did search for any available data for Germany but nothing available easily :|

To be fair, this was more of a tongue in cheek response and not really directed at you or your project directly. For me Aldi is just such a european thing that I was genuinely surprised by this.

Don't forget there are two Aldi (Aldie?) the yellow South and the Blue North and they both have a different international footprint just to complicate things

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by LargoLasskhyfv »

brnt wrote: post #132
LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #124

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Bread?! Lidl?! Aharrharrhaarrgh. (cough, spit...)

From a Dutch perspective :) You should see what foam they consider bread. One of the things I miss from France :) Lidl has a batard that is really quite good, unsurpassed by any Dutch bread.

Can't have anything from them which is (re)baked in store. Makes my nose run, and throat slimy, sometimes even constricting.

I've given up on them. And almost anything else too. Because that is a function of modern bakery supply chains in general, not one specific 'outlet'.

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